
Acting
Efim Kopelyan
Born — Died
1912-04-12 — 1975-03-06
Place of birth
Vsevolozhsk, Leningradskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Known for
Acting
Credits
68 titles
Known for
7.8A Soviet spy is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies.
Seventeen Moments of Spring
1973
6.9Danka's and Ksanka's childhood in the village brutally ends when their father is killed by a White Guard officer in front of their eyes. Seeking revenge, they join forces with Valerka, an intellectual from big city, and the gipsy Yashka, but before they can get close to their enemy they have to help their village and the advancing Red Army.
The Elusive Revengers
1967
6.2A saga about the life of the Siberian Savelyev family during the period 1902 through the 1960s as they survive through three wars, a revolution, and Soviet government approval.
Eternal Call
1976
6.0The story of Olga Sergeevna, a renowned oceanographer. Throughout her life, Olga Sergeevna loved only one man, with whom she was never destined to find happiness.
Olga Sergeevna
1975
7.1The action takes place in 1920 during the Civil War. Crimea on the eve of complete liberation from the White Guards. Returning from patrol, the four brave “elusive” knocked down an airplane. In the field bag of the captured pilot, they find a secret report, which speaks of the existence of defensive fortifications around the coastal city, which the Reds have yet to take. Young heroes get the task to get a map of fortifications and go to the city...
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
1968
7.0A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wishes. But it appears that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have undesirable results.
Old Man Khottabych
1957
Film credits
1970s · 24 titles
7.1The Russian Civil War is over and the White Guard are all dead or abroad. Some of the exiled nobles are attempting to crown a new Tsar/Emperor abroad, and a couple of impostors are vying for the position. At the same time, some of the Elusive Avengers' old foes are trying to return to Russia, for mysterious reasons. The avengers are assigned the task of finding out what's going on. Turns out the bad guys are after the Russian Crown, which is encrusted with many diamonds and jewels. It is not clear whether the crown is only wanted for the coronation ceremony or if the bad guys are trying to sell it to the highest bidder, but either way they must be stopped. The avengers are after them. Two go to Paris to infiltrate the emigrant community, and the other two work on the Russian soil.
Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again
1971
6.0Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
Crime and Punishment
1970
5.0Events unfold on the estate of Pyotr Sorin, which brought together representatives of secular society - actress Irina Arkadina, the host's sister and her lover, the famous writer Trigorin. Sorin’s nephew, Konstantin Treplev, in love with a neighbor girl Nina Zarechnaya, who dreams of becoming an actress, writes for her a play that she plays in the scenery of Sorin’s garden.
The Seagull
1972
6.2A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress. She plays the role of Baba Yaga in the amateur theatre — and does it so organically that the visiting filmmaker offers her the most difficult role in the historical drama about Joan of Arc. She was given not only great acting talent, but the talent of deep, selfless love. A dream comes true: she is invited to the main role, and she begins a completely different life, full of real creative torment, insights and true happiness.
The Beginning
1970
7.0Imaginary story of the first Soviet woman diplomat loosely based on real story of Alexandra Kollontai. In the difficult years of the Great Patriotic War, Elena Koltsova, Soviet ambassador to a neutral Scandinavian country, works hard to expose the provocations of Hitler's Germany.
The Ambassador of the Soviet Union
1970
4.0The film tells the story of Olga Sergeevna, a renowned oceanographer. Throughout her life, Olga Sergeevna loved only one man, with whom she was never destined to find happiness.
Olga Sergeevna
1975
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Docker
1974
10.0A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.
Jarosław Dąbrowski
1976
5.9A Russian engineer Petr Garin possesses a unique beam-shooting weapon that can destroy any target. His goal is to achieve world domination with the help of this weapon. Vasily Shelga is out to stop him and also to prevent others getting possession of this weapon.
Failure of Engineer Garin
1973
4.8In the center of the film is a powerful, peculiar, talented Russian man, the largest timber merchant Yegor Bulychyov. He is experiencing a tragic discord with himself, with the world that surrounds him, with great social injustice, to which his whole life has been given. The idea of the film is to determine the purpose and meaning of the existence of the human person, consider its polysyllabic and versatile connections with the world.
Yegor Bulychyov and Others
1973
6.3A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old foundations are crumbling, the process of social stratification is underway and, as a result, some people go to defend the revolution, and others - to fight against it. The main hero is the young Cossack Roman Ulybin. At first, this carefree daredevil is preoccupied only with one problem: whether his sweetheart, Dashutka, is to marry him or a merchant’s son, Alyoshka. Roman is killing time fist-fighting with his rival. But little by little, the young man realizes that the world around him has changed, that people are fighting for equality and social justice, and, being a real Cossack, he can’t remain on the sidelines…
Dauria
1972
6.2The protagonist of the film is a female microbiologist and inventor of penicillin. The discovery of this life-saving drug was preceded by many years of scientific research, which Dr. Lebedev conducted in his laboratory in a small provincial town at the beginning of the century... Tanya, a girl from the neighborhood, accidentally finds herself in the doctor's house, where she first encounters the mysterious world of science...
Open Book
1974
8.0Making another operation, Professor Krymov did not even guess what place this patient would occupy in his life. After some time, they will meet by chance in Yalta and realize that they are very necessary to each other. Only their attitude to love is completely different ...
Story of a Human Heart
1976
2.0A Soviet propaganda film about the Bolshevik coup in 1917-18. Along with the portrayal of fictional characters, the film recreates the images of historical figures from this period.
Peace to the Huts, War to the Palaces
1971
6.2After Tulyev's arrest, Soviet counterintelligence continues the radio game with the enemy, sending encryptions signed "Nadezhda" to the Western intelligence center. KGB officer Sinitsyn, friendly towards Tulyev, tries to persuade him to take his side — he arranges a meeting to a scout with Mariya and her son, whom he has never seen before. In addition, Mikhail learns that his father didn't die of his own death, but was most likely killed. Meanwhile, a young Soviet scientist Borkov, who spoke at an international conference about his innovative work, finds himself in the spotlight of the Western security services.
The Secret Agent's Destiny
1970
NROn the formation of young Soviet diplomacy and the struggle of the mission in Kabul with the internal reaction and representatives of the Western powers for the signing of the Cooperation Agreement. A Russian diplomatic mission was sent to Kabul. The friendly relations between Afghanistan and the young Soviet republic became a real threat to traditional British rule in the East.
Mission in Kabul
1971
7.5A film from which you can learn about the first progress of the USSR in space exploration, as well as about the achievements of Yuri Gagarin, the world famous first cosmonaut, who was the very first to conquer the depths of space. This is an educational documentary film for people of all ages. And for those who are nostalgic about the past, and for those who want to learn more about space and its conquest.
Starlit Minute
1974
5.0The Commissioner of Police has been tasked with conducting an investigation into the threat of a terrorist attack in the building of the press concern. During the investigation, he learns about the existence of the 31st department, created by the management of the concern with the aim of eliminating the opposition press.
31st Dept.
1972
6.8A musical comedy based on the classic play by Eugène Labiche.
The Straw Hat
1974
5.4Chess player Sergei Khlobnikov never set winning as his goal in the game. Emotional and averse to pragmatism, he rarely won tournaments. But eventually, his time came.
Grandmaster
1973
7.0The film shows the daily life of an architecture studio, where a young student comes to work on his dissertation.
The Executive
1974
The main character of the film is an outstanding physicist who was invited to Armenia from Russia to head a lab. He comes across many troubles in his homeland, but nevertheless finds his true love there.
Return
1972
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Северный вариант
1974
7.0Bekir, in anger divorces his wife Kheva, which he regrets. Because of Sharia, she can return if she marries another and is expelled by him. Bekir arranges with Adam, to briefly marry and expel her. Neither Kheva, nor Adam want to separate.
Adam and Eve
1970
1960s · 27 titles
6.9Danka's and Ksanka's childhood in the village brutally ends when their father is killed by a White Guard officer in front of their eyes. Seeking revenge, they join forces with Valerka, an intellectual from big city, and the gipsy Yashka, but before they can get close to their enemy they have to help their village and the advancing Red Army.
The Elusive Revengers
1967
7.1The action takes place in 1920 during the Civil War. Crimea on the eve of complete liberation from the White Guards. Returning from patrol, the four brave “elusive” knocked down an airplane. In the field bag of the captured pilot, they find a secret report, which speaks of the existence of defensive fortifications around the coastal city, which the Reds have yet to take. Young heroes get the task to get a map of fortifications and go to the city...
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
1968
5.3The film is set in the 1930s in the USSR. The film tells about one day of the construction of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The heroes of the film are simple construction workers who are burning at work. Upon learning that their colleagues in Kharkov have set a record, they mobilize to break it. The entire construction site was engulfed in immense socialist competition. The teams are ready to complete the work on time at any cost. A Moscow journalist who has come to cover the scale of the great construction project is looking for the hero of his report...
Time, Forward!
1965
5.7The movie is set during the last days of a foreign intervention against Soviet Russia. Police are searching everywhere for a Bolshevik named Brodsky but cannot find him. Meanwhile, a man named Michel Voronov serves as a teacher to a rich woman's son, Zhen'ka.
Intervention
1968
5.1Transatlantic flight 713 is in trouble because the pilot and crew are poisoned while flying above the ocean. Now the passengers have to take control to save their lives.
713th Asks for Landing
1961
8.0The film is set in 1919. The film tells about an episode of the Civil War, when the troops under the command of M. V. Frunze took the city of Ufa away from the White Guards.
Thunderstorm Over Belaya
1968
4.8Renowned scientist Dronov works in Novosibirsk on the creation of ultra-modern engine. He has a bad heart, he was afraid not to have time to finish the job, and test engine at a factory in Moscow, unfortunately, is not the first time passes unsuccessfully. Dronov abandons the rest of the work, even the leadership of the Institute entrusts to his disciple Morozov.
All Remains to People
1963
7.7Tired of watching the total collapse of the army on the fronts of World War I, left without his scattered squad, Lieutenant Reshetov goes to Petrograd to kill the main culprit of the tragedy of Russia — Vladimir Lenin.
On the Same Planet
1966
10.0The film takes place in Uzbekistan during the Great Patriotic War. Pulat and Bahor love each other, but the happiness of the heroes is prevented by a rich friend of the parents of a girl who sees her as her future wife.
Her Name Is Spring
1969
7.5Driver Panachuk, who took «left» passengers, is in a hurry to Gorsk. Panachuk tells the policeman who stopped him that he saw a murdered doctor in a crashed «Moskvich» car on the way.
Crash
1965
5.4Goodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school during World War II. It's summer, and their main goals are swimming in the Black Sea and wooing the girl all three of them love. However, they are asked to become officers in the military, and slowly their worlds begin changing forever. Their parents oppose them, they begin fearing losing each other and their families, and the military tricks and maneuvers them into joining the army instead of the navy.
Goodbye, Boys!
1966
NRA televised play based on the work of Bertolt Brecht.
Life of Galileo
1965
7.0This film tells about two years of life (1904-1905) of the revolutionary-Leninist, one of the founders of the newspaper "Iskra" Nikolai Ernestovich Bauman, who was killed on October 18, 1905 by a Black Hundred, a security agent, during a demonstration of the Moscow committee of the RSDLP.
Nikolay Bauman
1967
8.5The heroic romance of the profession is in the story about the life of test pilot Yuri Garnaev, who tragically died with his crew while extinguishing forest fires in France in 1967.
People of Earth and Sky
1969
NRA documentary on the staging of Georgi Tovstonogov's acclaimed production of The Three Sisters at the Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater, from the first table read to the opening night.
The Premiere is Tonight
1965
6.7A man's corpse is found on the seashore. Conducting a thorough investigation, the young investigator Kovalev establishes the identity of the murdered man and his pursuer - in the past a provocateur, who gave the Hitlerites a group of underground fighters. At one of the interrogations the criminal recognizes in the prosecutor Skurchikhin former SS Oberleutnant and begins to blackmail him, not suspecting that he worked for the Soviet intelligence...
Dissenting Opinion
1967
6.6A story about Soviet women and their village set during the years after WWII.
Women Kingdom
1968
NRA television play from John Steinbeck's novel, performed live for Leningrad Television.
The Winter of Our Discontent
1963
NRNurdin is a man who failed to protect friendship and love, who retreated before deceit and hypocrisy. The benevolent viewer is personified by the Old Man, a character who seems to stand outside the plot. Nurdin tells the Old Man about his life.
Conscience Doesn't Forgive
1964
NRSoviet specialists are building a hydroelectric power station in a Middle Eastern country. To continue the work, it is necessary to carry out an explosion... But no one even suspects that an old German ammunition depot is hidden nearby, underground. An accidental explosion would suit the British company that lost the order to the Russians. Weber, Greerson, and Gedda are faced with a problem: they need to warn the Russians about the danger. Each of them has had encounters with Soviet people in their lives...
Only the Statues Are Silent
1962
NRSeveral episodes from the Life of the Dutch Painter Harmens van Rijn Rembrandt. Based on the eponymous work by Dmitry Kedrin.
Rembrandt
1963
6.9In the spring of 1961, KGB officers received information that an experienced intelligence officer Mikhail Zarokov, son of the Russian emigrant Count Tulyev, with extensive international experience and knowledge in various operations was abandoned on the territory of the Soviet Union. He is sent to Russia to carry out a very difficult and risky task, which is directly related to the nuclear industrial complex and transfer the collected information abroad...
The Secret Agent's Blunder
1968
5.5Poetic treatment of the early life of Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko. A biopic made on the occasion of his 150th anniversary. It dwells on the first part of the Shevchenko's life leading up to the writing of his rebellious poem "A Dream" (A comedy).
A Dream
1964
NRAfter the death of her father, Antonina Staroselskaya has difficulty finding work. A dull life is the cause of illness. A merchant seaman takes care of the sick Tona. After the marriage, he is arrested for smuggling, and the care of Tonya is transferred to a neighbor, who beats her from time to time. A chance meeting with the builders of a residential area awakens the desire to be closer to people, to become needed by someone - and Tonya comes to the construction site...
Our Friends
1969
7.0A story about a brave Soviet spy working behind the enemy lines during WWII.
How Do I Call You Now?..
1965
7.2The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.
The Twenty Six Comissars
1966
6.2Based on the events that took place in Odessa in 1910, when, on the instructions of the Foreign Bureau of the RSDLP, a prominent Bolshevik underground worker arrived in the city under the guise of a French timber merchant, who was to organize the delivery of illegal literature to Russia through the Odessa port. The task can be completed. In Odessa, a variety show theater was created, which, having gained fame, toured Russia and received "theater props" from France...
Dangerous Tour
1969
1950s · 8 titles
7.0A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wishes. But it appears that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have undesirable results.
Old Man Khottabych
1957
5.7Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...
The Gadfly
1955
10.0A performance by the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.
Lyubov Yarovaya
1953
7.0After the brutal massacre of a peaceful demonstration of the working people on their way to the Tsar, Lenin and other Party members in exile call for an armed uprising of the workers. At Presnya build barricades. The people are arming themselves. But the heroic armed uprising of the workers of Presnya is brutally suppressed by the tsarist troops. However, the struggle of the workers under the leadership of Lenin continued.
Prolog
1956
8.0The film tells about the life and work of the famous singer of the Kazakh people akyn Dzhambul Dzhabayev.
Zhambyl
1953
7.0After the end of WWII engineer Lobanov is trying to introduce the invention he made together with his friend during the war.
Searchers
1956
7.3A film about the struggle of Baltic Fleet sailors for revolutionary Petrograd in the autumn of 1917. The film focuses on the fates of a sailor and a naval officer who join the ranks of those fighting for the revolution.
Baltic Glory
1958
7.0A story of Kochubey - a hero of Russian Civil War.
Kochubey
1958
Series credits
7.8A Soviet spy is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies.
Seventeen Moments of Spring
1973
6.2A saga about the life of the Siberian Savelyev family during the period 1902 through the 1960s as they survive through three wars, a revolution, and Soviet government approval.
Eternal Call
1976
6.0The story of Olga Sergeevna, a renowned oceanographer. Throughout her life, Olga Sergeevna loved only one man, with whom she was never destined to find happiness.
Olga Sergeevna
1975
7.0At the end of the 1920s, in Petrograd, on Krestovsky Island, the corpse of a man similar to the engineer Garin was found. Garin himself managed to take advantage of the brilliant discovery of the scientist Mantsev and designed an apparatus with destructive power. A dangerous hunt begins for this invention. Having faked the death, he emigrated from Russia and, under the guise of a French businessman, tries to establish contacts with the head of one of the European financial concerns, Rolling. Garin's ultimate goal is power over the world...
Failure of Engineer Garin
1973
NRThe Soviet propagnda film follows young people from Ukrainian Kamianets-Podilskyi during the revolutionary battles for Soviet power, spanning from pre-revolutionary times to the 1930s. It depicts their experiences in a gymnasium, labour school, cadet dormitory, and their involvement in conflicts against Petliura’s forces and German interventionists, highlighting divisions by social status and political views. It consists of three parts: "Commissar Sergushin" (episodes 1-3); "The Haunted House" (episodes 4-5); "The City by the Sea" (episodes 6-7).
Old Fortress
1974
5.8Charming womanizer and playboy Leonidas Fadinar wants to quit his bachelor life and marry the daughter of local rich gardener.
The Straw Hat
1975
NRA Soviet propaganda miniseries about the Bolshevik coup in 1917-18. Along with the portrayal of fictional characters, the film recreates the images of historical figures from this period.
Peace to the Huts, War to the Palaces
1971

